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Black Bean Corn Cakes

Serve a rich, rewarding side or appetizer with these just-spicy-enough corn cakes made with Bush’s Best® Black Beans and held together with cornbread and accented with peppers, jalapeño, garlic and cilantro.

  • Prep Time

    45 Mins

  • Cook Time

    20 Mins

INGREDIENTS

Black Bean Corn Cakes

  • 1 qt Onions, sweet, chopped
  • 1 qt Corn kernels, frozen, thawed, drained
  • 2 cups Red bell pepper, seeded, finely chopped
  • 2 Tbsp Garlic, minced
  • 2 Tbsp Jalapeño, seeded, minced
  • ¼ cup Vegetable oil
  • 3 cups Bush’s Best® Black Beans, drained
  • 2 qt Cornbread, crumbled
  • 2 cups Dry bread crumbs
  • 1 cup Cilantro, fresh, minced
  • 4 large Eggs, lightly beaten
  • 1 tsp each Kosher salt and cracked black pepper
  • 1 ½ cups Flour, all-purpose
  • Vegetable oil, for frying (As needed)
  • 1 ½ gal Hearty salad greens (chickory, frisee, etc.)
  • 1 ½ cups Prepared sherry-mustard vinaigrette
  • 1 ½ cups Feta cheese, crumbled
three corn cakes made with Bush’s Best® Black Beans stacked on top of each otherDOWNLOAD RECIPE SHEET

INGREDIENTS

Black Bean Corn Cakes

  • 1 qt Onions, sweet, chopped
  • 1 qt Corn kernels, frozen, thawed, drained
  • 2 cups Red bell pepper, seeded, finely chopped
  • 2 Tbsp Garlic, minced
  • 2 Tbsp Jalapeño, seeded, minced
  • ¼ cup Vegetable oil
  • 3 cups Bush’s Best® Black Beans, drained
  • 2 qt Cornbread, crumbled
  • 2 cups Dry bread crumbs
  • 1 cup Cilantro, fresh, minced
  • 4 large Eggs, lightly beaten
  • 1 tsp each Kosher salt and cracked black pepper
  • 1 ½ cups Flour, all-purpose
  • Vegetable oil, for frying (As needed)
  • 1 ½ gal Hearty salad greens (chickory, frisee, etc.)
  • 1 ½ cups Prepared sherry-mustard vinaigrette
  • 1 ½ cups Feta cheese, crumbled

DIRECTIONS

  1. Heat oil in a rondeau over medium-high heat. Add onions and ginger, sauté until translucent. Add garlic and jalapeño, sauté additional 3 to 5 minutes. Add turmeric and garam masala, stir to combine. Add tomato paste and heat through. Remove from heat, and purée in a food processor until smooth. Return to pan over medium heat, add yogurt and mix well to combine. Add beans and sautéed Indian cheese/Paneer. Mix well to combine. Allow to simmer for 30 minutes.
  2. Meanwhile cook rice according to package directions.
  3. To plate, place 1 cup cooked rice on a plate, top with a 6 oz ladle of Tikka Masala. Sprinkle with chopped cilantro. Serve.
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